Honey

In a new study, entomologists show that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50% shorter than it was in the 1970s.Colony losses and lower honey production in recent decades could be explained by a drop in longevity for lab-kept honey bees.The lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50% shorter than it was in the 1970s according to a new study by University of Maryland entomologists. When scientists modeled the effect of today’s…

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosWatch Tilda Swinton and Tilda Swinton team up for a haunting new ghost movie. Mads Mikkelsen is joining Bryan Fuller’s new horror film. The CW is only giving short orders to The Winchesters and Gotham Knights. Plus, Namor rises in a new Wakanda Forever featurette. Spoilers, away!Dust BunnyTHR reports Mads Mikkelsen is attached to star in Dust Bunny, a new film from Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller in which “an eight-year-old girl enlists the help of her intriguing neighbor to kill the monster under…

Image via Jagged Edge Productions It seems the team behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey want to ruin people’s childhoods forever. They revealed plans for their next horror feature, which include transforming another children’s tale and giving it a nightmarish twist. At this point, we’re probably going to have to be more vigilant just so kids don’t accidentally stumble across a slasher film. The film’s director, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, told Hollywood Reporter that he wants to give a “twisted take” to the…

Insecticides containing flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor can have devastating effects on honey bee health, resulting in them becoming more susceptible to disease and therefore shortening their life span.Insecticides containing flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor, chemicals considered harmless to bees and bumblebees when approved, can have devastating effects on honey bee health. The substances damage the insects’ intestinal flora, especially when used in conjunction with a common fungicide. This makes them more susceptible to…

PayPal is doing finally doing more with its Honey acquisition. The payments giant has launched a unified PayPal Rewards program that merges Honey's cash back and discount-finding features with store offers and other PayPal-specific perks. You now have a single place to manage and use all the service's money-saving features. This will include a range of "card products" in the future, the company said. The Rewards program is available in the US today, and you can check it out in a dedicated section of PayPal's mobile app.…

Screenshot: NetflixAstonishingly, you are looking at a picture of Dame Emma Thompson. I know, I can scarcely believe it either, but this is just part of the magic of Netflix’s upcoming film adaptation of the award-winning, internationally successful musical of Mathilda, based on the beloved children’s tale by Roald Dahl about a little girl with telekinesis who gets forced into a horrifying boarding school run by the even more horrifying character played by Thompson.If you don’t know Mathilda the book—which was also turned…

On incendiary new single “Honey Bun,” Toronto rapper Haviah Mighty lays it all out from the jump.“Thought you was the one, you just another one/Thought I wasn’t nothing, but I’m number one/I’m like Lauryn Hill, I’m just a younger on,” she raps over the pugnacious beat from Grammy-nominated Bizness Boi and Derelle Rideout, and never really lets go over the course of the track.It’s a breakup track, but it’s also about the 2019 Polaris Music Prize winner breaking away from her past mistakes.“I pivoted hard to…

“If I buy more of my milk before the one in the fridge is empty, there’s going to be hell to pay,” said Leibel Sternbach, a financial adviser.His wife, Sammi Sternbach, checks the refrigerator when he returns from the weekly food shopping and tells him about every item he shouldn’t have bought, Mr. Sternbach said. The couple from Plainview, N.Y., both 35 years old, spend on average about $350 a week buying groceries, up from about $220 a year ago. Mr.…

People with cystic fibrosis are vulnerable to potentially fatal Mycobacterium abscessus lung infections, which are notoriously difficult to treat. A new treatment may succeed where others have failed, however – and it utilizes antibacterial honey.Mycobacterium abscessus bacteria most often infect the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis or other chronic lung diseases. The infection causes scarring, thickening of tissue or formation of cavities in the lungs, which may result in respiratory failure if not…

Humans have used honey for its antimicrobial properties for millennia, and science has only recently been catching up.Researchers recently demonstrated in the laboratory that mānuka honey could help us treat one of the most aggressive and drug-resistant lung infections."The use of this potential treatment combining amikacin and mānuka honey shows great promise as an improved therapy for these terrible pulmonary infections," says Aston University microbiologist Victoria Nolan.Patients with pre-existing lung conditions…